The French School at Athens has seven permanent archaeological missions: six in Greece itself, Dikili-Tash, Philippi, Thasos, Delphi, Argos, Delos, and Malia (in Crete), and one on the south-west coast of the island of Cyprus, at Amathus. These sites form a not insignificant part of the scientific heritage of the School (see the history of the School).

The School also conducts its archaeological activities within the framework of temporary archaeological missions, whether in Greece (Itanos, Lâto and Dreros in Crete), in Cyprus (Shillourokambos and Potamia), or in Albania (Sovjan, Apollonia, Byllis). In addition, the School provides support for the excavation of the Kouphovouno site in Greece and to the mission studying Durrës in Albania.
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Several of the missions benefit or have benefitted from FSA/MAEE co-funding, as is the case for Dikili Tash, Kouphovouno and Itanos in Greece, for Amathus, Shillourokambos, and Potamia in Cyprus, and for Sovjan, Apollonia, and Byllis in Albania.

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Almiros Aigeiras (New railway line Athens to Patras)

Almiros Aigeiras (New railway line Athens to Patras). Erofili-Iris Kolia (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a cemetery, in the western sector of which were five tile covered and four pit graves of the Late Hellenistic period (Figs. 1, 2). All were aligned on a N-S axis and included bronze coins and pottery. In the eastern sector were rubble walls and part of a floor, while to the south of...